Press Releases

Bentonville Battlefield Anniversary Event Set for March 15-16

Experience history come alive at the Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site 160th anniversary program March 15-16. Thousands of living historians from across the country will descend on Bentonville Battlefield for one of the nation’s largest battle reenactments.     

Defense of Fort Dobbs Remembered

Fort Dobbs State Historic Site will offer a glimpse of the harrowing days of the Anglo-Cherokee War on March 1 with a living-history commemoration.

Screening of "American Coup: Wilmington 1898" Explores History of Massacre and Insurrection

The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, Museum of the Albemarle, and Elizabeth City State University, in partnership with PBS North Carolina and Working Films invite teachers and community members to a free screening of American Coup: Wilmingt

Bennett Place State Historic Site Hosts Lecture and  Debuts a Community Project in Honor of Black History Month

On Saturday, Feb. 15 at 2 p.m., Bennett Place State Historic Site will host a free lecture with local historian Ernest Dollar entitled “Jublio: Moments of Freedom, 1865.”

Historic Halifax State Historic Site to Mark 200th Anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette’s Visit

Historic Halifax State Historic Site will mark the 200th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette’s historic visit to the town with special programming on Thursday, Feb. 27.

North Carolina State Capitol Offers Civil Rights Walking Tours in Honor of Black History Month

The State Capitol will bring back a popular walking tour series centered on protest and civil rights in downtown Raleigh to commemorate Black History Month.

Join the North Carolina Museum of History for the 29th Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration

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New Celebration of Fall at the Mountain Gateway Museum

 Fall is here, a time of changing leaves, cooler weather, and harvests. But what did fall mean for the people of the past? What does it mean for the natural world today? On Saturday, Oct.

The State Archives to host a hybrid program on Peter Oliver research and a new Winston-Salem Commemorative Site

Celebrate Juneteenth with the State Archives and learn about a formerly enslaved North Carolina man who negotiated his way to freedom.

Fort Dobbs to Highlight History June 1

Fort Dobbs State Historic Site will hold a special “Highlighted History” event on June 1.  Visitors will learn about the June 1761 invasion of the Cherokee’s homeland by a British army commanded by James Grant.  Re-enactors will illustrate life on campaign as experienced by Br